Woven chenille fabric



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L. BINNS. WOVEN GHBNILLE FABRIC.

No. 545,334. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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L. BINNS. WOVEN GHBNILLE FABRIC.

No. 545,334. Patented Aug. 27, 1895.

UNITED Srnrnsi PATENT 'rrrcn LEEDHAM BINNS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANA.

WOVEN CHENILLE FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,334, dated August( 27, 1895.

Original application filed March 7, l394, Serial No. 502,650. Divided and this application filed December 13, 1894. Serial No. 531,699. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEEDHAM BINNs, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved WovenOhenille Fabric, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to woven chenille fabrics such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States No.

l 514,809, `granted to me ou February 13,1894,

and in the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 502,650, led by me on March 7, 1894, and of which this application is a division.

The object of the invention is toprovide a new and improved chenille fabric having a fine appearance and adapted to be formed in various ways to produce a large variety of styles.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in'which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of an uncut fabric -embodying the improvement. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same as cut on opposite sides of the web,`showing the finished strand of chenille.l Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a modiiied form of the improvement, showing the sets of warp arranged alternately on opposite sides of the web. Fig. tis alike view of the same as out, and showing the finished strand of chenille. Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of another modified form of the improvement, showingr the set of warps arranged on one side of the web only. Fig. 6 is a like view of the same as cut, showing the finished strand of chenille. Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation of a third modified form of the improvement, showing a central web without the central warp and the wefts crossed between the sets of warps; and Fig. 8 is a similar view of a fourth modified form, showing a central web with a central warp and the wefts crossed between the sets of warps.

The improved woven chenille fabric, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is provided withacentral warp A and sets of warps arranged on opposite sides of the central warp and in a dierent plane above and below a web F, as will be readily understood by reference to the said gures. On one side of the central warp A and a suitable distance below the web F is arranged a set of warps B, comprising three or more threads and bound by the weftthreads C, which extend upwardly from the innermost thread of the set of warps B to pass yover the said central warp A, and then to the other side thereof to bind in a second second set of warps B, arranged directly below the web F, but in a dierent horizontal plane to that in which the sets of warps B are located. The two warps B and B are thus bound by the same weft-threads C, but a suitable distance apart, on opposite sides of the warp A, below the web F and in a different horizontal plane.

Directly above the set of warps Bis arranged another set of warps B2, preferably containing the same number of threads as the set of warps B, and these warps B'2 are bound by weft-threads C', which likewise extend upwardly 'and pass over the central warp A', to then passdownward on the other side of the said central warp to bind the set of warps B3, located directly below the set of warpsB and in the same horizontal plane as the warps B2. Above the latter andy directly below the web F is arranged a set of warps B4, bound in by weft-threads C2, also passing over the central warp A, to then pass downward on the opposite side-thereof to bind in a set of warps B5, located below the warps Bs and in the same horizontal plane in which the warps B are located. A similar arrangement of warps and wefts is arranged above the web F-that is, a set of warps D is bound in by weft-threads C3, passing under the central warp A to the other side thereof, to then extend upwardly to bind in a set of warps D', and above the set of warps D is arranged another set of warps D2, bound in by the weft-threads C4, also passing under the central warp A, to rise on the other side to bind in a set of warps D3, located below the warps D as is plainly shown in'Fig. l. Above the warps l)2 is ar- IOO ` ence to Fig. 2.

ranged another set of warps D4, bound in by weft-threads C5, extending downwardly and passing under the central warp A, to rise on the other side thereof to bind in a set of warps D5, arranged under the set of warps D3 and directly above theweb F.

The wett-threads O, C', C2, C3, C4, and C5, after leaving the warps B B3 B5 D D3 D5, respectively, bind in second sets of warps B B2 B4 D D2 D4, respectively, in the manner above described, to then pass over and under a second central warp A, as above described and shown in Fig. l. The entire fabric, throughout its width, is composed of such sections, each comprising sets of warps bound by the Wefts, as has been described, it being understood that some of the wefts pass over a central warp and some of them pass under the same from a set on one side of the central warp to a set of warps on the other side ofthe saidv central warp. It will be understood thatr the wefts form bends where they pass over or under the central warps.

The central warps A are heldin position in the web F by a weft f3 of the set of warps, binding in' addition the two sets of warps F and F2, arranged on opposite sides of the central warp A and in alignment therewith. Now,`by cutting the weft-threads above and below the web F, between two adjacent sections, as indicated by the cutting-line shown in Fig. 1, a fabric is produced having one half of the warps and their binding wefts extending above the said web, while the other half extend below the same, as indicatedin Fig. 2,

and from this fabric strands of chenille are produced by cutting it longitudinally, the strands having the appearance shown in Fig. 2. The cut ends of thewefts form tufts, so as to form a complete circular fabric, as the cut ends of the wetts spring back to the position shown in Figs. 2 andv 6, in line with the row of warp-threads of the set they bind. It is understood that when the wefts are cut between two sections,the ends of the wefts projecting from the uppermost warp-threads must spring back to the position described, as there is then no connection with the warps of the next following section, and consequently they have no support for holding the same in the inclined position shown in Fig. l. Thus a'fabric is produced having a central warp arranged in a longitudinally-extending continuous web, and with wefts passing around the central warp above or below the web, as will be readily understood by refer- When this fabric is cut into strands, as hereinbefore mentioned, the continuous or ground web is divided into a series of cords connecting the tufts of chenille formed by the radiating sets of warp-pieces and the wefts interwoven therewith.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the setsof warps are arranged alternately on opposite sides of a web F4, similar in construction to the web F, previously described, the central warps A3 and A4 forming part of said web. Thesets of warps G and G are located on opposite sides of the central warp A3, but below the web F4, while the next following set of warps G3 and G4, for the central warp A4, are located above the web F4, as plainly iliustrated inthe said Fig. 3.. Theweft-threads G2 for the sets of'warps G and G pass over the central warp A3 and then extend below the web F4, while the weft-threads G5 for the sets of warps G3 and G4 pass under the adjacent central warp A4 and extend above the web F4. Now, by cutting the weft-threads G2 and G5 opposite the respective central warps A4 or A3, a fab- -ric is produced, as shown in Fig. 4,having the sets`of warps and their weft-threads extending alternately on opposite sides of the web F4, with the corresponding central warps A4 or A4 as the center. y

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the central warps A5 are likewise bound in a web F5, similar in construction to the webs F4, previously described, and the sets of warps H and H and their binding weft-threads H2 are all arranged on one side of the said web F5, so that on cutting the weft-threads H2 between the adjacent sections of the fabric a fabric such as shown in Fig. 6 is produced, having sets ot warps and wefts on one side of the web F5 only. j

As illustrated in Fig. 7, the central warps are entirely dispensed with and only a web F6 is employed, with sets of warps I and I arranged below the said web, and warps 12 and I3 arranged above the said web, with the binding wefts I4 for the warps I passing to the set of warps l5 to bind the saine, while the other wet tthreads 15 for the warps l2 cross and pass through and bind the warps I below the web F6. By this arrangement the Vweft-threads I4 and 15 cross each other in the web F5, and the fabric is cut between the adjacent sections above and below the web F5, by cutting the wefts I4 and l5.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, the fabric is vformed in the cross weft-threads'with a central warp A5, arranged in the web F7, but otherwise 'this fabric is the same as the one' shown in Fig. 7.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture,a woven chenille fabric comprising a web, central warps within the said web, separate sets of warps on opposite sides of the said central warps and on opposite sides of the said web, wet'ts binding the said separate sets of warps some of the wefts passing over the said central warps of the web and binding the separate sets of warps on one side of the web,- and the remainder of the wefts passing under the said central warps and binding the separate sets of warps on the other side of the web, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads in the several sets on each side of the web, to form tufts, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a woven chenille fabric comprising a continuous web, separate sets of warps arranged at intervals laterally of the said web, and wefts interwoven with the said separate sets of Warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a woven chenille fabric comprising a continuous web, separate sets of warps arranged at intervals laterally of the said web, central warps located in the web at the intervals separating the said sets of warps, and wefts interwoven with the central warps and the separate sets of warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a woven chenille fabric comprising a continuous web, separate sets of warps arranged at intervals on opposite sides of the said web, and Wefts interwoven with the said separate sets of warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost Warp threadsto form tufts, substantially as described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a woven chenille fabric comprising a continuous web, separate sets of warps arranged at intervals on opposite sides of the said web, central warps located in the web at the intervals separating the said sets of Warps, and wefts interwoven with the central Warps and the separate sets of Warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

6. A strand of chenille, comprising a continuous cord, separate sets of Warps radiating at intervals from the said cord, and wefts interwoven with the said sets of warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to 'form tufts, substantially as described.

7. A strand of chenille, comprising a continuous cor-d, separate sets of warps radiating at intervals from the said cord on opposite sides of the same, and wefts interwoven with the said sets of Warps, the ends of the Wefts projecting from .the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

8. A strand of chenille, comprising a contin uous cord, central warps located in the cord at intervals, separate sets of warps radiating from the said central warps, and wefts interwoven with the said sets of warps and extending toward the central warps, the ends of the Wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

9. A strand of chenille, comprisinga continuous cord, central Warps located in the cord at intervals, separate sets of warps radiatingr from the said central warp on opposite sides of the cord, and wefts likewise radiating from the said central warps on opposite sides of the cord yand interwoven with the said sets of warps, the ends of the wefts projecting from the outermost warp threads to form tufts, substantially as described.

' LltEDlilAlli BINNS.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rnn, C. SEDGWICK. 

